Subject's name: Otis Flannegan

Subject's power: The ability to control sewer rats

Why this power seems good: Hey, it's always neat to be able to control an army of living beings to do your bidding. Need someone eaten alive? Thanks, rats! Need someone to pick up your dad at the airport. The rats are there. Looking for an easy way to get a restaurant where you got bad service shut down? Rats. They're damn useful.

Why it might actually suck: They may be handy to have around, but that doesn't make them a cure-all. And there are lots of circumstances in which having a mental command over rats just wouldn't be all that helpful. Like infiltrating the Pentagon. I mean, they could probably get in there, but then what would they do? Chew through wires? Walk around on buttons? Whatever they do, it's probably not going the launch the missles where you want them to go. 'Cause rats aren't exactly the most perceptive of animals. Or what if you were being attacked by an army of gorillas? Rats might make a small dent, but the gorillas are probably gonna have the upper hand there.